Hottentotta finneganae
| Hottentotta finneganae | |
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| Hottentotta finneganae, sp. nov., dorsal view, male holotype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Hottentotta |
| Species: | H. finneganae
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| Binomial name | |
| Hottentotta finneganae Kovařík, 2007
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Hottentotta finneganae is a species of scorpion, belonging to the family Buthidae. It was first found in Pakistan, and was named for Susan Finnegan, a zoologist who worked on scorpions in the 1930s, and was the first woman appointed to a post at the British Museum (Natural History).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Kovařík, František. "A revision of the genus Hottentotta Birula, 1908, with descriptions of four new species (Scorpiones, Buthidae)." Euscorpius2007.58 (2016): 1-107.
Further reading
[edit]- Lowe, Graeme. "Two new species of Hottentotta Birula, 1908 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Northern Oman." Euscorpius 2010.103 (2015): 1-23.
- Navidpour, Shahrokh, and Graeme Lowe. "Revised diagnosis and redescription of Apistobuthus susanae (Scorpiones, Buthidae)." Journal of Arachnology 37.1 (2009): 45-59.
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